The crowd at Asia’s largest furniture production trade fair, Cifm/interzum guangzhou 2015, held in Guangzhou, China, has dispersed as the event drew to a close today. A total of 1,269 industry manufacturers and suppliers from 35 countries and regions, including Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Chile, Finland, the US, Canada, Russia, Turkey, India and Thailand gathered together to showcase their latest wares, which ranged from raw and auxiliary materials as well as upholstered furniture and bedding production machinery to woodworking machinery, furniture textile, hardware accessories, interior decoration machinery, and materials and components. Among the 309 overseas exhibitors – 24 percent of the total – were participants from 8 country pavilions.
Occupying 140,000 square meters, the event was the largest to be staged in its history, thanks to the organizer’s decision to expand into the new Hall 12.1.
“China, as the world’s largest furniture producer, has been presenting varied styles on the global stage, while Cifm/interzum guangzhou, as Asia’s flagship furniture production trade fair, has been committed to building a high quality platform for forging partnerships, and at the same time emphasizing on trade and the strengthening of ties between exhibitors and buyers.
For the last 12 years, the event has grown together with the industry and driving the rapid development of the furniture trade in both China and Asia,” said Michael Dreyer, Vice President Asia Pacific, Koelnmesse GmbH, organizer of the event.
“For us the number of visitors is not very important but the target crowd we are focusing on. We have met the people we are looking for, so the results are positive. At present, interzum guangzhou is the only furniture production and interior trade fair I have participated in in Mainland China. From my point of view, the good event facilities also enable the show to be held successfully,” said second-time exhibitor, Patrick Elissen, Manager Business Development, Vita Talalay (Radium Foam) from Netherlands.
Visitors to interzum guangzhou 2015 were equally impressed.
The Piazza visitor lounge located at Hall 14.1 kick-started a series of fringe events with the introduction of the US and European furniture hardware standards and Lga certification by Huang Zhiwei of TÜV Rheinland.
The next edition of Cifm/interzum guangzhou will take place from March 28 – April 1 2016. To learn more about the event, visit www.interzum-guangzhou.com.
